Includes index.

My roots -- Growing up during the mau mau uprising -- Agikuyu and practice of freedom -- Seeds of education -- Aura of politics in my childhood -- Joining kagumo highschool -- Becoming a man in an evolving culture -- Advanced level - a mustard seed and passion for nature -- Ugly face of tribalism and pre-university -- The making of a doctor -- Love in the air -- Fun in nakuru -- Raising a family -- Journey to becoming a cardiologist -- The clamour for multiparty democracy -- Kenneth Matiba: doyen of multipartyism -- Mwai Kibaki: father of modern Kenya -- Emergency at dusk: moment of a twist -- The Kibaki legacy -- Birth of the Karen hospital -- Transforming African medical practice and the fututre of medicine -- Passing the baton